Paradise Valley Doula Services
Heads up, Paradise Valley folks! Are you looking for a Doula? We are your neighborhood choice! See what all the fuss is about, and speak to a doula today by calling 602-999-5023.
Providing Professional Doula Service to Families in Greenwich, Westchester & NYC for Over 18 years!
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
We’ve answered some of the most frequently questions you may be having with regards to the services of Doulas of The Valley. We hope these help you and in case you need more, feel free to send us a message.
Doulas are not the same thing as a midwife as midwives provide medical care during your pregnancy, birth, and postpartum period whereas a doula provides you and your family with emotional, informational and physical support at different stages of your pregnancy, birth, and postpartum period.
Doulas will provide invaluable support not just for birthing women but also their partners, children, and families too. Having your health care team with a trusted doula gives you the opportunity to rest, reflect, and care for yourself. Doulas gives judgment-free advice and encouragement for new parents without any relational baggage that family members might bring in.
All doulas are volunteers and work primarily on call so in most cases the doula and mother may have not met previously. But something special helps when a doula introduces herself to the whole family and assures that they are there to help you in any way you wish and won’t leave you until the baby is born.
The only time your husband or partner can be your doula is if he is a professionally trained doula himself, and even then, being the doula to someone you are emotionally attached to, poses certain challenges.
Not all insurance companies will cover all or part of the cost of a doula service in Putnam Valley, AZ. It is highly recommended that you check with your insurance company to find out. A partial list of insurance companies who have reimbursed in whole or in part doula services are Aetna Healthcare, AltPro, Baylor Health Care System/WEB TPA.
A doula may not provide medical care but is a valuable addition to your birth team. The moment your baby goes home, our postpartum doulas enters the picture and can stay for any length of time. Their primary goal is to ensure that the mother and baby are well fed, healing, adjusting to motherhood, and bonding with her baby.
Doulas work with all types of families whether they’re experienced or not. Doulas may be the only support person for the mother, or may also be part of a labor support team including their partners, friends, or family members.
A postpartum doula in Putnam Valley, AZ works with families in the postpartum period of the mother, providing them with emotional, physical and informational support . A doula provides families with culturally appropriate emotional support to assist with the transition of the postpartum period. They also provide evidence-based information on infant feeding, emotional and physical birth recovery, mother-baby bonding, infant soothing, and basic newborn care.
Doulas will not have any agenda and will only offer non-judgmental support on all kinds of births. A doula’s job is to help you make choices that are right for you. Different doulas will have different specialties and are trained to support all births – at home, in the hospital, with midwives, doctors, medication free or with pain medication, vaginal or caesarean.
Typically, a birth doula needs to finish 7 to 12 hours of childbirth education, 16 hours of birth doula training, and attend two to five births. A postpartum doula attends about 27 hours of postpartum doula education and assists two or more women with postpartum support. Our doulas receive evidence-based information about the benefits of doulas support, the history of birth, significance of doulas to support families, and practical hands-on techniques.
You can easily interview a postpartum doula in Putnam Valley with Doulas of the Valley that will certainly meet your standards, requirements, and budget.
A doula works with a family within the three months following the birth. They may work 1-3 days a week or as many as 5 day a week on daytime or evening shifts. The doula’s shifts may depend on the needs and individual time frame of the family and schedule of the doula.
Any mother who needs extra help after giving birth could benefit from a postpartum doula, our services are worth it and especially good for first-time parents, parents expecting multiple children, moms who had a complicated delivery, parents of colicky babies, or anyone who had a difficult previous experience.
Once you decide on hiring a postpartum doula, you may want to set up an interview to get to know them through your pregnancy and birth journey. You may ask about their relevant training, experience or training in breastfeeding, experience in postpartum mood disorders, immunizations, philosophies regarding parenting, minimum hours of work, other services they may provide, and most importantly their references.
Postpartum doulas in Putnam Valley, AZ generally provide families important and reliable information and support on infant feeding, emotional and physical recovery from childbirth, infant soothing, coping skills for new parents, and added learning for experienced parents. They may also help with light housework, fix a meal, and help incorporate an older child into this new experience.
For mothers who choose to encapsulate their placenta, the encapsulation process typically occurs immediately after birth (initiated within 24 hours after birth) and the postpartum parent starts to ingest their placenta within a few days.
One of the benefits of placenta encapsulation includes a decrease in postpartum mood disorders, increased production of oxytocin, a decrease in stress hormones, restoration of iron levels following bleeding after childbirth, and increased milk supply.
If you are thinking of how to store your placenta after your child labor, you may put it safely in a self-sealed plastic bag and a plastic container with a tight-fitting lid. You may also consider having ice and a cooler nearby so the placenta is preserved and bacterial growth is limited if you can’t bring it home right away.
Yes, we offer placenta encapsulation services in Putnam Valley, AZ! You may check our services link here https://doulasofthevalley.com/postpartum/
The only time that makes a placenta encapsulation in Putnam Valley, AZ unsafe is if it is not handled properly, the placenta encapsulation intake may lead to illness. Many health centers suggest people preparing placentas heat them above 130ºF degrees (54ºC) for more than two hours to kill bacteria.
Insurance companies typically will not cover the cost of a doula service in Paradise Valley, AZ. It is highly recommended that you check with your insurance company to find out. There has been a lot of success with Healthcare Spending accounts (HSA)
A doula does not provide medical care but is a valuable addition. Once your baby goes home, our postpartum doula support begins. and can stay for any length of time. Their primary goal is to ensure that the mother and baby are well fed, healing, adjusting to parenthood, and bonding with her baby.
Doulas work with all types of families whether they’re experienced or not. Your doula is there to help in anyway needed, from baby care, breastfeeding support, and general household help.
A postpartum doula in Paradise Valley, AZ works with families in the postpartum period. A doula provides families with culturally appropriate emotional support to assist with the transition of the postpartum period. They also provide evidence-based information on infant feeding, emotional and physical birth recovery, mother-baby bonding, infant soothing, and basic newborn care.
A postpartum doula attends about 27 hours of postpartum doula education. During their training our doulas receive evidence-based information about breastfeeding, newborn care and recovery care.
You can easily interview a postpartum doula in Paradise Valley with Doulas of the Valley that will certainly meet your standards & requirements.
Doulas of the Valley doulas has a minimum of 5 hours for daytime shifts. If the client is looking for overnight care, there is a 10-hour minimum. Since it is difficult to know what new families will need for postpartum care, the client will contract for a number of hours and those hours are scheduled with the doula. There is no need to schedule ahead of the delivery.
Any mother who needs extra help after giving birth could benefit from a postpartum doula. Our services are worth it! Especially good for first-time parents, parents expecting multiple children, moms who had a complicated delivery.
Once you decide on hiring a postpartum doula, you may want to set up an interview to get to know them through your pregnancy. You may ask about their relevant training, experience or training in breastfeeding, experience in postpartum mood disorders, minimum hours of work, other services they may provide, and most importantly their references.
Postpartum doulas in Putnam Valley, AZ generally provide families important and reliable information and support on infant feeding, emotional and physical recovery from childbirth, infant soothing, coping skills for new parents, and added learning for experienced parents. They may also help with light housework, fix a meal, and help incorporate an older child into this new experience.